Verge collection score of a lifetime. Cinelli Bars, Sugino Mighty cranks, Campag Record Hubs and headset, Izumi Rainbow chain and Selle Italia 311 saddle. I nearly rolled the car doing the u turn to get it. Guy was out the front weeding as I walked up sweating bullets and gave me another Porshe track frame to go with it. I still can't grasp why you'd bin such a beautiful piece of cycling exotica. I am now obsessed with getting a Zullo Tour '91 frameset and forks, but need to start saving the $3800 it would set me back..

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After

It goes like the clappers, has killer toe overlap, is twitchy as hell and I love it.

"WOW" I've never never seen wheels that close to down tubes before, an interesting ride for sure.It's a shame you lost the original paint job I love those eighty's multicolor jobs but good job restoring it "love Zullo bikes"

I picked this up a few years ago thinking it was a Merckx (clearly it is not!)

After my initial disappointment I took it for a role and was super impressed with how it rode. I did a bit of research and found who it was built by, where it was built, and decided to bring it back to its former glory (including mostly NOS 8 speed Superbe Pro):

After a powder coat new wheels tape and long sand/hand polish then clear coat to most parts of the bike, only replaced the front and rear Omega derailleur, which is fixable but I just wanted to bike on the road:

koen wrote:Working on an old bike just now but here is a couple of photos I prepared a few years ago. The Madison I found at the local tip when they just gave them to me for a couple of bucks. It is not a great bike but seeemd curious and I took it home becuase it seemed quite complete and was alot of alloy that could be cleaned. It was at the beach and any steel was in bad condition.The frame was Australian made and I managed to keep the Cyles Australia badge low on the seat tube.The Adamas gruppo is a real curiosity with so many weird little things the AX era threw up. The spoke nipples are recessed because that create so much drag you know!! Cheers

i have the exact same madison in my yard which i am about to begin restoring. it is complete so i want to keep as original as possible. could you please email me at markyy.dee@hotmail.com as i have a few questions for you. bike came out great by the way!

Yea he's going to be commuting on it, and a bit of that on bike paths so i thought stem shifters would be a bit easier than DTs. They came off a Schwinn i got at K Mart a few years back, actually work pretty well.

EDIT: just got a text from my mate to say he's done his first commute on the National, previous best on the mountain bike was 16:46, first time on the roady, 14:50! Great result .

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

I've used the information and photos on this site to help research and repair a couple of older bikes so I thought I'd figure out how to post photos and share my restoration results. (This post is my first attempt to post photos.) A big thanks for all of your contributions to this great site.

I've got three retro road bikes that I use regularly so I'll post them here first and might do a separate thread on each a bit later. Here is the most humble of the group, my beater/stationary trainer/rain bike:

The first picture (or link if ,that is all that shows) shot is as found but with the bugs and dirt removed. The second is after about $100 worth of tires, seat, tape and touch-up paint. It's (I believe) a Korean made version of the old icon from the mid-1980s.

I've used the information and photos on this site to help research and repair a couple of older bikes so I thought I'd figure out how to post photos and share my restoration results. (This post is my first attempt to post photos.) A big thanks for all of your contributions to this great site.

I've got three retro road bikes that I use regularly so I'll post them here first and might do a separate thread on each a bit later. Here is the most humble of the group, my beater/stationary trainer/rain bike:

The first picture (or link if ,that is all that shows) shot is as found but with the bugs and dirt removed. The second is after about $100 worth of tires, seat, tape and touch-up paint. It's (I believe) a Korean made version of the old icon from the mid-1980s.

I clicked on the links in my original post and found only a postage stamp image - much smaller than the flickr version. I just finished deleting the old images from flickr and uploaded some larger ones. The new links for the before and after shots are:

It's a Malvern Star Sportif. Based on the components and some internet searches I'm guessing circa '86 or '87. It's got a sticker saying it was made in S. Korea and another that say it was sold by the Killarney Cycle Centre. It's not a bad ride but a bit harsh in the rear triangle compared to my other two roadies. I'll post the before/after links to those in a bit.

This is my trusty old Bianchi Vento 606, purchased in Germany back in the early 1990s. She's seen a lot of miles and was getting in need of a good fix-up. The after link/picture is with new wheels from Greg at TWE, replaced seat/post/tape, a good cleaning and some miscellaneous TLC. She lost about 3 pounds in the process and really feels like a new bike again.

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